Toys for boys aged 7+

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I'm really struggling with my two boys this year with regard to toys for Christmas. They will turn 8 and 9 shortly after it (so then I need to find birthday gifts too, gaah)!

One wants Lego dimensions, the other will want Disney Infinity 3.0, but apart from those and Lego I'm at a loss. I hate that they're becoming so dependent on TV/Video games for entertainment, they only ever play with that or Lego and yet I can't seem to find anything else aimed at their ages?

They also have nerf guns but they're short-lived, DS1 will adore a furby but DS2 isn't fussed.

We have tried with playmbobil and k-nex/meccanno previously but it just ended up being taken apart and never played with again my ASD DS1.

So, what non-technological toys do your sons around their age actually play with please?

Marking place. I am stuck as well.

Mine are 8 and 10, they like a lot of the stuff from Mulberry Bush, including this spy stuff.
Board games they like are Junior Pictionary,Perudo and Beetle game.
I'm getting them Cluedo this year and a plasma ball from Smyths.

My nearly 9 year old is obsessed with his stunt scooter. We have a stunt park nearby where children his age like to practice but there wasn't one, he'd love ramps.
Lots of kids round here with Penny boards and BMX too.

He's obsessed with Lego minifigures. We have some military looking ones branded Halo, some Zombie and Transformers ones too.

By the way his friends households who got Furby last Xmas were raging with them by Boxing Day. They said that tgey are super annoying.

seriously i am pretty much in the same boat - my husband's nephews want everything but then get bored of it within the first 5 mins - which makes me think "do i really want to spend much money on it - because it will just end up in the corner"

because you mentioned it is for xmas - i dont know if a ball or any other outdoor toy is really right because they wont be able to use it and by the time they can they will probably have lost interest (believe me experience talking!)

I'll share some of my own research - hope it will help you along!

• Comic Book Dress up

• gadget presents for boys (this could also work for "older boys" aka men LOL)

• LEGO Star Wars all the way and you can really get a bargain on Amazon

• Meccano Model Sets I love this like LEGO it actually gets their brains working!

Hope these help :)

S xx

My DN is 8 and really into the more complicated transformers. He saw my DS (3) with the more basic ones and loved them so Sil was pleased to buy him the older ones as he isn't in to 'toys' either.